The Islamist couple, Syed Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik, gunned Bennetta down at work.Bennetta Betbadal,
third from left, was born in Iran in 1969. She fled to America at the
age of 18 to escape Islamic extremism and the persecution of Christians
that followed the Iranian Revolution.

"The Village" is a book about the Marine unit of Marine Lance Corporal
Paul Fielder of Harvard. The web site at
http://www.vvmf.org/thewall/Wall_Id=16043

This photo of the Marine unit of Lance Corporal Paul Fielder was taken within two weeks of the attack that killed about one half of the unit including LCpl Fielder. He is seen here kneeling at the right.

No one was sure at first the concept would work--not in the summer of
1966. The village of Binh Nghia, in Quang Ngai province, was a
battleground. The district chief at Binh Son was responsible to the
province chief for the state of affairs at Binh Nghia and several other
villages. He estimated that, during the past several years, 750 young
men from that village had joined main-force VC units. Two independent VC
companies and one full battalion were roaming the district. Of the
4,575 persons in the villages, 600 were known VC sympathizers. So the
decision by the 7th Marines to establish a Combined Action Company in
Binh Nghia was not made without an acknowledgement of the hazards
involved.

Something had to be done. The morale of the local Popular Forces
platoon was low and ebbing fast. They had been hit by the VC so often
that their confidence was shattered. The enemy held the offensive and
controlled the daily lives of the civilians. The guerrillas worked and
lived at home, banding together at night for military excursions and
political activities. Full-time regulars of the Viet Cong main force
units entered Binh Nghia at will to seek supplies or hold meetings.
Marine patrols and ambushes, operating from remote combat bases, made
contact often, killing many soldiers and disrupting movements of large
forces. But that alone was not enough. The villager scurried about with
averted eyes, and the PFs clung to the shallow safety of their fort. It
was obvious who controlled Binh Nghia.

CNN guest, and former FBI agent, took a jab at Barack Obama while discussing the San Bernardino terrorist attacks.
He mocked Obama’s delusional claims about global warming and how it is somehow linked to Islamic terrorism.

“I think one thing that’s clear though, is that… none of these things occurring have anything to do with climate change.”

Over the last few weeks, men working in the neighborhood of Syed
Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik, now identified as the Islamic
terrorists who killed 14 people Wednesday in San Bernardino, California,
thought it strange that several Middle Eastern men had been hanging
around the couple's home but never spoke up because they were too afraid
of sounding racist.

With the recent terrorist attacks in Paris carried out by ISIS,
Americans are on high alert—and rightfully so. Just hours prior to the
attacks Obama said that ISIS was “contained.” Americans everywhere are
baffled by Obama’s continued ignorance and lack of strategy when it
comes to destroying the Islamic State.

Yesterday, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former head of the Defense
Intelligence Agency stated on The Lead with Jake Tapper, that the White
House knowingly ignored a 2012 report about the rise of ISIS because
they didn’t mesh well with the re-election “narrative.”

A few cheering thoughts on terrorism. This column specializes in cheering thoughts.

Terrorism by Moslems in America and Europe cannot be stopped. If
attacks do not occur, it will be because nobody tried very hard.
Stopping them would require excluding Moslems, deporting them, or
controlling them by totalitarian methods. Or, improbably, minding our
own business in the Middle East.

"Excuse me if that doesn't make me feel good, because the numbers [of
deportations] are dropping dramatically," he said. "So you're dropping
down on other removals and you're defining upward what you consider to
be criminal, and you're saying it makes up a larger percentage of a very
much smaller pie."

So now the shooters in the gruesome San Bernardino attack have been
revealed as Islamists and that revelation has led to celebrations in the
Muslim twitterverse. Neither of these facts come as any surprise to any
rational clear thinking individuals.

This of course would not include the likes of Hillary Clinton who stated
in the wake of the Paris attacks that Islam didn't have anything to do
with terrorism. I don't think anyone should hold their breath waiting
for the Democrats and RINOs to try and deflect from the facts by trying
to lay off the blame on "American gun culture". (Correction, our sorry
excuse for a President is already blaming the deaths on purported lax
background checks.)

These same two associated groups will concurrently express endless
dismay, as we will no doubt see another up tick in Donald Trump's poll
numbers.

Remembrance

To die for one’s country is not only an act of bravery, it is THE act of bravery. For soldiers, it is just an extension of their military career, a part of their duty. As leaders have asked their soldiers to sacrifice themselves for the good of the society, it is only right for leaders to go through the same motion. They should practice what they have preached.

As war is seen as a noble act, tu sat serves as redemption in case of defeat. It is also a way to tell the enemy: “You might have won the battle/war but you don’t deserve to win because you don’t have the chinh nghia (just cause).” And it is not only just cause: it is the moral belief that the cause they are fighting for deserves their total sacrifice. Continues below

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.